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Tag Archives: Tony Visconti
Album review: STEVE GIBBONS BAND – Rollin’-The Albums 1976-78 (5CD boxset)
Pete Feenstra chatted to Steve Gibbons for Get Ready to ROCK! radio. First broadcast 16 January 2022. Cherry Red [Release date 07.01.22] The Steve Gibbons Band family tree has so many branches, you’d be forgiven for thinking that it’s an … Continue reading
Album review: RALPH McTELL – Hill Of Beans
Leola Music [Release date 20.09.19] ‘Hill Of Beans’ is Ralph McTell’s first album of originals since 2010’s ‘Down The Road’. This album also sees McTell reunited with producer Tony Visconti, who worked on his earlier albums. Another link to the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, folk, guitarist, Hill Of Beans, jazz, ragtime, Ralph McTell, review, singer songwriter, Tony Visconti
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Gig review: SPARKS Album Launch Party – ICA, The Mall London, 7 Sept 2017
In many respects the ICA provides the perfect backdrop for the album launch party of ‘Hippopotamus’, Sparks’ 23rd album. The LA based brothers Ron and Russell Mael have long reached beyond the simple rock and roll format to realize their … Continue reading
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Tagged Album Launch, Bob Harris, electro, funk, Hippopotamus, ICA, Joseph Wallace, Matt Everritt, Muff Winwood, opera, review, rock, Ron Mael, Russell Mael, SPARKS, spoken word, Tony Visconti
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Album review: JESSICA LEE MORGAN – Around The Block
[Release date 16.06.17] Another ‘next generation’ release – this time from the daughter of Mary Hopkin and Tony Visconti. I’ve yet to be convinced of the merits of following in the family footsteps’, although it has to be said Lisa … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Around The Block, Bowie, Holy Holy, Jessica Lee Morgan, Mary Hopkin, review, rocvk, singer, songwriter, Tony Visconti
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Gig review: HOLY HOLY – Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 30 March 2017
“He’s fucking sacked us,” Spiders bass player, Trevor Bolder, was seen to mouth when David Bowie announced at the Hammersmith Odeon in October 1973 that it would be the final Ziggy show ever. Tragically, like Bowie, Bolder and his former … Continue reading